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Annual Progress Report

The IHGG program’s annual progress report is one important and routine process to communicate timelines and process, with mentoring support. Graduate students will write annual Progress Reports for approval by their advisors. The Progress Reports will indicate whether students are progressing toward their degrees and whether they are doing so within normative time. Students whose progress is behind normative time will be required to develop a plan, with advisor approval, to get back on track, and/or an explanation, also with advisor approval, of their slow progress. Students who do not meet these requirements will have the lowest priority for campus resources. For Ph.D. students who have not yet advanced to candidacy, satisfactory progress is also determined on the basis of grades. During the spring semester, the student and his or her advisor should meet to discuss the progress report. The student is responsible to submit the progress report, signed by the advisor, to the Graduate Advisory Committee. Students who do not submit a Progress Report will have the lowest priority for campus resources.

Constitution of Committee Form

By the end of the second semester of matriculation, each IHGG graduate student, in consultation with his or her graduate advisor and (as needed) the Graduate Group Chair and members of the Graduate Advising Committee, is required to nominate a Thesis (M.A. student) or Dissertation (Ph.D. student) and Examination Committee.

The student’s committee will consist of a minimum of four members and is chaired by the student’s advisor. At least three members must be core or affiliate members of the IHGG faculty. The committee must be chaired by an IHGG core faculty member. The Examination Committee will consist of three examiners who are proficient in each of three examination topics, and one who can examine the student’s proficiency in the breadth of the World at Home/At Home in the World focus. Recommended committee membership is reviewed by the Chair of the Graduate Group and sent to the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education for final approval.

General Petition Form

The General Petition form should be used for all requests for waivers of course work. All student petitions and progress reports must be reviewed by the Graduate Advising Committee as well as by the student’s own committee.

The Graduate Advising Committee will review student petitions for exemption and make determinations about them.

Language/Skill Examination Form

All Ph.D. students must demonstrate proficiency in at least one language other than modern English or a linguistics-based skill (such as computer programming, stats, or GIS) that is relevant to their proposed course of study. At the end of the student’s first academic year, the student and their advisor will fill out a standard form in which they identify a relevant language/skill, its purpose for the student’s plan of study, the way in which they will demonstrate proficiency, and a timeline for completion. The form of demonstrating proficiency will be dictated by the way in which the proposed language/skill is to be used in the student’s course of study. The form signed by the student and advisor will have a list of standard options from which to choose as well as the opportunity to propose an alternative type of examination or proficiency demonstration. Both the language/skill and the form of the evaluation must be approved by the IH Chair prior to the exam. Any language/skills exam is pass/fail and may be taken repeatedly, though it must be passed prior to advancement to candidacy. The Graduate Division will be advised in writing about the date passed.

Dissertation Prospectus Reporting Form

This report must be completed immediately following the defense and submitted to IH Graduate Coordinator within 30 days of the defense along with a copy of the prospectus.

Parental Leave

At the time of birth, new parents are granted two (2) weeks off from coursework without penalty but can be required to makeup missed work.  If medical issues arise, the two-week period can be extended. New parents have the right to take an Incomplete in any IH course they are enrolled in and are granted 6 months from the end of the semester to complete course work. These Incompletes will not preclude students from registering in courses requiring a perquisite during the semester after becoming a new parent. Incomplete Grade Form

Students have thirty (30) days from the last day of classes to complete course work for which they earn an Incomplete.  
 

Documents

Advancement to Candidacy for the Ph.D.

Check Graduate Division’s website for all deadlines every semester. There are deadlines to advance to candidacy for the PhD for the following semester.

IHGG Degree Requirements Handbook (Updated 2019)

Ph.D. and M.A. Degree Requirements for Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Group students who joined the program in Fall 2018 and after. The most significant changes to the degree requirements are the language exam and advancement to candidacy for the Ph.D. Additionally, IHGG graduate students have the option to earn an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities once they advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. 

IHGG Degree Requirements Handbook (2014)

Ph.D. and M.A. Degree Requirements for Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Group students who joined the program between Fall 2014 and Fall 2017.

IH Faculty Bylaws

The Graduate Group in the Interdisciplinary Humanities is organized to establish and administer a program of instruction and research leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. in conformance with the regulations of the Graduate Council and the Division of Graduate Studies at the University of California, Merced. The IHGG Bylaws document outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Graduate Group.

IHGG Graduate Student Bylaws

To outline the official duties and responsibilities of the University of California Merced Interdisciplinary Humanities / World Cultures Graduate Group Student Representative, Graduate Group Conference Chair, Conference Committee, and associated Ad-Hoc Committees as well as to establish official election processes and procedures. (Lated updated in 2014.)

Graduate Division

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Updated June 2024